#BD494F#BD494F

#BD494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD494F
RGB	rgb(189, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 47.13, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 51.65, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1403 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.15 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7823, 16.1516, 9.2082)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD494F #49BDB7

analogous

#BD4989 #BD494F #BD7D49

triadic

#BD494F #4FBD49 #494FBD

tetradic

#BD494F #89BD49 #49BDB7 #7D49BD

square

#BD494F #89BD49 #49BDB7 #7D49BD

split-complementary

#BD494F #49BD7D #4989BD

monochromatic

#662529 #93353A #BD494F #CD767A #DEA3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BD494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BD494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD494F

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD494F	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78180',
    500: '#bd494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd494f;
$custom-light: #d78180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56278,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD494F

secondary

#97CAC8

accent

#D6D051

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD494F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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